Baudouin Mouanda – République du Congo

Teddy Mazina - Burundi

Fototala King Massassy - Mali

Sarah Waiswa – Ouganda - Kenya

Stranger in a Familiar Land - 2016 - With the support of Les Rencontres d’Arles

Editorial

After the 10th edition in 2015, which marked a milestone in the Biennale’s history, Bamako is again honoured and delighted to welcome the 11th Rencontres de Bamako, the African Biennale of Photography. Mali’s Ministry of Culture is proud to be working in partnership with the Institut fran.ais in producing this latest edition.
My entire team and I, in Bamako and in Paris, feel privileged to be able to help build this landmark event for contemporary African creation as the years go by.
We cannot stress enough …

Samuel Sidibé, managing director of Les Rencontres de Bamako, together with Stephan Kutniak, Director of artistic exchanges and cooperation at the Institut français and Marie-Ann Yemsi, curator, today announced the winners of the four prizes for the 11th edition of Les Rencontres de Bamako - African Biennale of …

The BOOK LOUNGE is a new initiative that offers a space for relaxation and exchange around photography books and magazines at the Biennale Village. Based on the notion of sharing, books brought by professionals, journalists and artists who will be present for the professional days can be consulted by all at the …

Further to the call for applications to take part in the Pan-African exhibition of the 11th edition of the Rencontres de Bamako, entitled Afrotopia, we received more than 300 applications from artists and collectives based across the African continent or in its diasporas.
The ongoing interest shown by the artists …

Organized by the Malian Ministry of Culture and the Institut français, the 11th edition will take place from December 2, 2017 to January 31, 2018 with professional days from December2 to 5, 2017.
Marie-Ann Yemsi, Curator of the 11th edition of the Bamako Encounters, has chosen to take a more collaborative approach …